The FNCA 2015 Workshop on Radiation Safety and Radioactive Waste Management (RS&RWM) was held from November 17 to 19 2015, in Serpong, Indonesia. This workshop was hosted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan and the National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN). Seventeen researchers and experts from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the workshop.
On the first day, member countries gave a country report on nuclear/radiological emergency preparedness and response detailing policy, regulatory framework and legislation, emergency classes and condition, participating organization, concept of operation such as mitigation and prevention, emergency preparedness, emergency response and emergency rehabilitation and restoration, and other related activities such as human capacity building and communication and public relation.
Participants then reported progress of their consolidated report on nuclear/radiological emergency preparedness and response and agreed to complete their first compiled draft by the end of March 2016.

The 2015 RS&RWM Workshop

An open seminar on countermeasures for nuclear/radiological emergency at nuclear facilities was held at BATAN Serpong on 18 November. The opening remarks were made by Prof Toshiso Kosako, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo and Mr Suryantoro, Head, Center for Radioactive Waste Technology (CRWT), BATAN. Eight presentations were provided on each topic of countermeasures for nuclear/radiological emergency at nuclear facilities in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, and Thailand. Japanese participants gave a presentation on overview and recent progress of FNCA, countermeasures under Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident, and human resource development programs of Japan for nuclear/radiological emergency. A panel discussion was held concerning the topics of 1) sharing information on lessons learned from nuclear/radiological accident, 2) countermeasures for external events(natural disaster etc.), and 3)human resources development.

Open Seminar

A technical visit to the BATAN Serpong was conducted on the afternoon of 18 November 2015. Participants visited the GA. Siwabessy Research Reactor, which is a 30 MW multipurpose reactor and reached the first criticality in 1987 and the Center for Radioactive Waste Technology (CRWT), which was established as a centralized radioactive waste management facility of Indonesia in 1989. They observed evaporation system, compaction system, incineration system, and cementation system.
On the last day of the workshop, participants had a discussion on status, plans and challenges of low/Intermediate level waste disposal facilities/long term storage facilities. At the wrap up session, participants exchanged their opinions on subjects that they are interested in the field of RS&RWM and activities to be conducted in the near future.

The FNCA 2015 Workshop on Radiation Safety and Radioactive Waste Management (RS&RWM) was held from November 17th to 19th 2015, at BATAN Serpong, Indonesia. This workshop was jointly organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan and National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN). Seventeen representatives involved in the policymaking, regulatory, operations, and research and developmenton radiation safety and radioactive waste management from nine FNCA member countries attended the workshop. These countries were Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam.

[Opening Session]

Prof.Dr Djarot Sulistio WISNUBROTO, Chairman of BATAN declared the opening of the workshop with welcoming speeches. He cordially welcomed all the participants to Indonesia, and reminisced about the days that he formally was an Indonesian leader of this project. He also emphasized four important things for BATAN to consider: 1) how to maintain and develop nuclear facilities of BATAN, 2) how to promote radiation safety and safety culture, 3) how to manage radioactive waste management involving stakeholders, and 4) how to improve nuclear energy program using the above-mentioned three points.

Mr Tomoaki Wada, FNCA Coordinator of Japan gave opening remarks. He expressed sincere appreciation to BATAN for hosting this workshop and briefly informed about current status of operation of nuclear power plants in Japan. He appreciated this project providing an opportunity to be aware of strength and weakness of their own safety management systems through project activities such as consolidated reports. He expected contribution of all the participants to each session and wished for every success of the workshop. Finally, he also expressed his deepest sympathy to Dr Sueo Machi, former FNCA coordinator for Japan, for his numerous works for FNCA in his life time.

Prof Toshiso Kosako, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo who is Leader of this FNCA Project also expressed his deep appreciation to the BATAN for generously hosting the workshop and emphasized the importance of human power especially in case of emergency situations. He stressed that the activities carried out by this project for the past 20 years have been contributing to human resources development through cooperation and communication, and wished this workshop to be an opportunity to promote the human capital. This was followed by the self -introduction of each participant of the workshop.

Nine reports were presented detailing Policy, Regulatory Framework and Legislation, Emergency Classes and Condition, Participating Organization, Concept of Operation such as Mitigation and Prevention, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response and Emergency Rehabilitation and Restoration, and Other Related Activities such as Human Capacity Building and Communication and Public Relation. A brief summary of each report is attached in Annex 1.

Ms Emi Imaizumi, Nuclear Safety Research Association reported the progress of the consolidated reports and proposed working schedule for the report. Member countries agreed to finalize the first compiled draft by March 2016. After confirming the progress of the reports and working schedule, member countries shared lessons learned from the previous accidents occurred in member countries.

An open seminar on countermeasures for nuclear/radiological emergency at nuclear facilities was held at a conference room of BATAN on18 November. The opening remarks was made by Mr Suryantoro, Head, Center for Radioactive Waste Technology (CRWT), National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN) who is an Indonesian leader of this FNCA project. He expressed his deep appreciation to all the seminar participants for taking part in the seminar and emphasized importance of good responses to an emergency situation especially in a nuclear facilities as it could prevent the escalation situation and reduce the severity of the impacts.
Prof Toshiso Kosako expressed appreciation for Indonesian and Japanese governments and expected good communication with all the participants.
Mr Tomoaki Wada highlighted an overview and recent progress of FNCA, followed by five lectures on countermeasures for nuclear/radiological emergency at nuclear facilities given by Mr Adi Wijayanto, Occupational & Operations Safety Division, Center for Radioactive Waste Technology, BATAN, Dr M. Moinul Islam, Principal Scientific Officer, Health Physics & Radioactive Waste Management Unit, Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission(BAEC), Mr Yevgeniy Tur, Senior Engineer, Technical and Economic Assessment Department, National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dr Wan Saffiey Bin Wan Abdullah, Director for Health and Radiation Safety Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, and Ms Nanthavan Ya-anant, Head, Radioactive Waste Management Section, Radioactive Waste Management Center,Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT).
Prof Toshiso Kosako explained countermeasures under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Mr Hiroyuki Murakami Director General, Institute of Radiation Measurements gave a talk on Human Resource Development Programs of Japan.
After lecture sessions, a panel discussion was moderated by Prof. Toshiso Kosako. They discussed mainly three subjects, 1) sharing information on lessons learned from nuclear/radiological accident, 2) countermeasures for external events(natural disaster etc.), and 3)human resources development. Attached in Annex 2 is the summary of the open seminar.

[Technical Visit] National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia

A technical visit to the BATAN Serpong was conducted on the afternoon of 18 November 2015. Participants first visited the GA. Siwabessy Research Reactor, which is a 30 MW multipurpose reactor and reached the first criticality in 1987. The reactor has various facilities such as material testing facility and radioisotope production. Participants observed the reactor and spent fuel pool.
Participants also visited the Center for Radioactive Waste Technology (CRWT), which was established as a centralized radioactive waste management facility of Indonesia in 1989. They observed evaporation system, compaction system, incineration system, and cementation system.

The candidate countries for the next workshop are Australia, China, Malaysia and Vietnam. Member countries exchanged their opinions on subjects that they are interested in the field of RS&RWM and activities to be conducted during the next three year phase(2017-2019).